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| Meaning            = Heart shape
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| Meaning            = Heart Shape, Borrow
 
| Species            = [[Lion]]
 
| Species            = [[Lion]]
 
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| Close_Relations    = Great-Great-Grandson To [[Mohatu]], Great-Grandson To [[Ahadi]] And [[Uru]], Grandson to [[Mufasa]] and [[Sarabi]], Son To [[Simba]] and [[Nala]], Brother To [[Kiara]]
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| Close_Relations    = Great-Great-Grandson to [[Mohatu]], Great-Grandson to [[Ahadi]] and [[Uru]], Grandson to [[Mufasa]], [[Sarabi]] and [[Sarafina]], Great-Nephew to [[Scar]], Son to [[Simba]] and [[Nala]].
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| Appearances        = ''[[The Lion King: Six New Adventures]]''
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| Appearances        = [[The Lion King: Six New Adventures]], Freunde für's Leben, Kampf um den Thron
 
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{{Quote|Great uncle [[Scar]] was a real creep!|Kopa, after hearing Rafiki's story, ''[[A Tale of Two Brothers]]''}}
 
{{Quote|Great uncle [[Scar]] was a real creep!|Kopa, after hearing Rafiki's story, ''[[A Tale of Two Brothers]]''}}
  
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'''Kopa''' is the son of [[Simba]] and [[Nala]].
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'''Kopa''' is the son of [[Simba]] and [[Nala]] and prince of the [[Pride Lands]] in a series of books called [[The Lion King: Six New Adventures]].  
  
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==Physical Attributes==
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== Physical Attributes and Personality ==
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Kopa is very similar to his father in appearance when he was a child. Kopa has a few differences, like slightly darker golden-colored fur and a brownish-red tuft of hair on his head. Other than that, he looks almost identical to his dad from his cubhood, even with the same reddish-brown eye color.
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According to the illustrations, he looked almost exactly like Simba as a cub, except he had slightly darker golden-colored fur and a brownish-red tuft of hair on his head, a red-brown eye color, as well as a more squared muzzle than Simba. He is described as loving to hear stories, but is also curious and playful, like his father was when he was a cub.
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[[File:Kopa_nala_dare.png|thumb|left|Kopa, as shown in [[Nala's Dare]].]]
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Kopa is a [[lion]] character in [[Disney|Disney's]] ''[[The Lion King]]'' universe. According to the set of books titled ''The Lion King: Six New Adventures'' he is the son of Simba and Nala, although he didn't appear in [[The Lion King II: Simba's Pride|''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'']] - instead, Simba and Nala have a daughter named [[Kiara]], and Kopa's existence was never mentioned again. Disney has also asserted that the cub seen at the end of the first ''Lion King'' film is Kiara; Because the books and the&nbsp;second movie were produced by different&nbsp;writers, there would understandedly be inconsistencies between the book series and second&nbsp;film but many fans have tried to explain the differences, asserting that Kopa is in fact the cub seen at the end of the first movie due to the fact that the cub seen at the beginning of the second movie (Kiara) looks slightly different. The word ''kopa'' has multiple meanings in Swahili, perhaps the best of which is "heart shape".<ref>http://research.yale.edu/cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=kopa&EngP=0&SUBMIT2=Look+Up</ref>
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== The Lion King: Six New Adventures ==
  
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In the first draft of the script for ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', Kiara had a brother named Chaka, but Chaka was removed from the story before production of the second film began.  
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In the book series, much of the time Kopa is listening to a story from various people like Zazu or Rafiki, but he appeared most prominently in [[Vulture Shock]]. He also had a few minor roles in some of the other books in the set of six.  
  
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==The Lion King: Six New Adventures==
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During Vulture Shock, Kopa wanted to find his family tree, which he thought was an actual tree with fruit and leaves. After being embarrassed by [[Mega]], [[Leo]], and the other lions, the cub asks Simba to take him to it. His father was too busy, though, dealing with a greedy hippo. So Kopa decided he would find his family tree by himself. While trying to catch a Lizard to eat it, Kopa ended up wandering too far off and ended up in a dry, barren land; lost and afraid that he would never find his way back to [[Pride Rock]], he curled up and fell asleep. In the morning he was found by two vultures, and realizing that the cub was the Lion King's son, the vultures knew Simba would trade anything for him, including a feast so large they would never go hungry again. They kept him prisoner high up in a tree so he couldn't escape, where Kopa was later found by the [[Buzzard Boyz]], a group of rapping vultures. They befriended Kopa after the tiny cub said he liked their singing, and the gang brought Simba and Nala to him. Kopa was then rescued, and his captors were forced to listen to the Buzzard Boyz concert.
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In the book series, much of the time Kopa is listening to a story by various people like Zazu or Rafiki, but he probably appeared most prominently in ''[[The_Lion_King:_Six_New_Adventures#Vulture_Shock|Vulture Shock]]''. He also had a few minor roles in some of the other books in the set of six. According to the illustrations, he looked almost exactly like Simba as a cub, except for a small tuft of brown fur on his head. He is described as loving to hear stories, but is also curious and playful, like his father was.
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During ''Vulture Shock'', Kopa wanted to find his family tree, which he thought was an actual tree with fruit and leaves. After being embarrassed by [[Mega]], [[Leo]], and the other lions, the cub ask Simba to take him to it, but his father was too busy dealing with a greedy hippo, so Kopa decided he would find his family tree by himself. Finding a lizard and chasing it, trying to eat the lizard, Kopa ended up wandering too far off and was in a dry, barren land; lost and afraid that he would never find his way back to [[Pride Rock]], he curled up and fell asleep. In the morning he was found by two vultures, and realizing that the cub was the Lion King's son, the vultures knew Simba would trade anything for him, including a feast so large they would never go hungry again. They kept him prisoner high up in a tree so he couldn't escape, where Kopa was later found by the Buzzard Boyz, a group of rapping vultures who sang horribly. They befriended Kopa after the tiny cub said he liked their singing, and the gang brought Simba and Nala to him. Kopa was then rescued, and his captors were forced to listen to the Buzzard Boyz concert.
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[[File:Zazukopa.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Kopa in ''How True, Zazu?'']]
 
[[File:Zazukopa.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Kopa in ''How True, Zazu?'']]
  
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In ''[[The_Lion_King:_Six_New_Adventures#A Tale of Two Brothers|A Tale of Two Brothers]]'', Rafiki tells the back story of [[Mufasa]] and [[Scar]] to Kopa, and teaches him that we shouldn't be jealous of others.
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In ''[[A Tale of Two Brothers]]'', Rafiki tells the back story of [[Mufasa]] and [[Scar]] to Kopa, and teaches him that we shouldn't be jealous of others.
  
 
In ''[[How True, Zazu?]]'', Zazu tells Kopa about his life when he was young and how he became the King's majordomo.
 
In ''[[How True, Zazu?]]'', Zazu tells Kopa about his life when he was young and how he became the King's majordomo.
  
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==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
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* According to some websites, the name ''Kopa'' is wasn't ever considered as a name for the cub at the end of the first movie, which suggest Kopa may never have been the cub at the end of ''The Lion King'', and may have just been implemented into the books by the authors only, and not officially by Disney.  
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* Some fans theories state that Kopa is Kiara's older brother and that he was either killed by one of the [[Outsiders]] (more specifically, [[Zira]], Scar's mate) or that he ran away in a theme similar to young Simba's flight from the Pride Lands in the first film.
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* The film makers of [[The Lion King]] said on the film's commentary track from 1995 Laserdisc and 2003 DVD releases that the cub at the end of the film does not have a real name or gender. They called it "[[Fluffy]]".
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** A less widespread theory is that Kopa was born after the events of ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', making him Kiara's younger brother.  
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* "Fluffy" was used for baby Kiara in an official trailer for [[The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride]].
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* The word ''kopa'' has multiple meanings in Swahili: "heart shape" as a noun, and "borrow" as a verb.
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== See also ==
  
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==References==
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* [[Fluffy]]
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* [[The Lion King: Six New Adventures]]
  
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* [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/The_Lion_King/Who_was_the_cub%3F The Lion King/Who was the cub? at WikiFur]
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 10 March 2014

Kopa
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Kopa
Meaning Heart Shape, Borrow
Species Lion
Close Relations Great-Great-Grandson to Mohatu, Great-Grandson to Ahadi and Uru, Grandson to Mufasa, Sarabi and Sarafina, Great-Nephew to Scar, Son to Simba and Nala.
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Appearances The Lion King: Six New Adventures, Freunde für's Leben, Kampf um den Thron
"Great uncle Scar was a real creep!"
—Kopa, after hearing Rafiki's story, A Tale of Two Brothers


Kopa is the son of Simba and Nala and prince of the Pride Lands in a series of books called The Lion King: Six New Adventures.

Physical Attributes and Personality

According to the illustrations, he looked almost exactly like Simba as a cub, except he had slightly darker golden-colored fur and a brownish-red tuft of hair on his head, a red-brown eye color, as well as a more squared muzzle than Simba. He is described as loving to hear stories, but is also curious and playful, like his father was when he was a cub.

The Lion King: Six New Adventures

In the book series, much of the time Kopa is listening to a story from various people like Zazu or Rafiki, but he appeared most prominently in Vulture Shock. He also had a few minor roles in some of the other books in the set of six.

During Vulture Shock, Kopa wanted to find his family tree, which he thought was an actual tree with fruit and leaves. After being embarrassed by Mega, Leo, and the other lions, the cub asks Simba to take him to it. His father was too busy, though, dealing with a greedy hippo. So Kopa decided he would find his family tree by himself. While trying to catch a Lizard to eat it, Kopa ended up wandering too far off and ended up in a dry, barren land; lost and afraid that he would never find his way back to Pride Rock, he curled up and fell asleep. In the morning he was found by two vultures, and realizing that the cub was the Lion King's son, the vultures knew Simba would trade anything for him, including a feast so large they would never go hungry again. They kept him prisoner high up in a tree so he couldn't escape, where Kopa was later found by the Buzzard Boyz, a group of rapping vultures. They befriended Kopa after the tiny cub said he liked their singing, and the gang brought Simba and Nala to him. Kopa was then rescued, and his captors were forced to listen to the Buzzard Boyz concert.

Kopa in How True, Zazu?

In A Tale of Two Brothers, Rafiki tells the back story of Mufasa and Scar to Kopa, and teaches him that we shouldn't be jealous of others.

In How True, Zazu?, Zazu tells Kopa about his life when he was young and how he became the King's majordomo.

Trivia

  • The film makers of The Lion King said on the film's commentary track from 1995 Laserdisc and 2003 DVD releases that the cub at the end of the film does not have a real name or gender. They called it "Fluffy".
  • "Fluffy" was used for baby Kiara in an official trailer for The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.
  • The word kopa has multiple meanings in Swahili: "heart shape" as a noun, and "borrow" as a verb.

See also


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